Saville was born in year 1860. Saville's father was Edwin F Bullock and her mother was Mary Ann Pearce. Her paternal grandparents were James G Bullock and Mary Tamblyn; her maternal grandparents were William Pearce and Rebecca Weekes. She was the third of seven children. She had three brothers and three sisters, named Ernest, Charles, William, Mary, Jane and Edith. She died, at the age of 68 years, on May 3rd, 1928 in St Vincents Hospital, Melbourne. Her burial was on May 4th, 1928 in Box Hill Cemetary.